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PATENTED MAY 17, 1904.

E. GRAHAM; TROUSERS PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED SBPYT. 30, 1903.

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apparatus for which I have obtained Letters Patent No. 750,186, dated January 19, 1904.

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7 UNITED ,STATES Patented May 17, 1904.

PATENT TROUSERS-PRESS.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,194, dated May 1?, 1904.

Application filed September 30, 1903.

Be it known that I, EDINBURGH GRAHAM, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Orangeburg, in the county of Orangeburg' and State of South Carolina, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers Creasers and Pressers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in devices or apparatus for creasing and pressing the legs of trousers without the aid of a hot iron. It is more particularly an improvement upon the In my former appparatus two frames are hinged together, the trousers to be creased and pressed being laid between them and the My present invention relates particularly to the means for hinging the two frames together and providing for vertical adjustment of the upper one relative to the lower one for the purpose of adapting the apparatus for pressing trousers of varying thickness or pressing two or more simultaneously.

The invention further relates to certain details ofconstruction hereinafter set forth.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lower frame of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section, the upper frame being shown by dotted lines as elevated for the purpose of insertingv or removing trousers. of a portion of the device employed for connecting the two frames.

In Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, A indicates the lower frame or portion of the apparatus, and B the upper frame thereof. The lower frame (see especially Fig. 3) is constructed of side bars 1, cross-bars 2, and end cross-bars 3, all of which are rigidly connected; The upper edges of the cross-bars 2(see Fig. 4) are elevated slightly above the side bars 1, and their ends are rounded or beveled, as shown. A sheet of woven wire 4 is laid upon the crossbars 2 and secured at one end to the right hand end bar 3 and at the other end to amovable bar 5. (See Fig. 3.) A sheet of fabric Fig. 5 is a side view Serial No. 175,178. (to model.) I

6 is laid'upon the woven wire 4 andsecured I I to the same bars 3 and 5. The bar 5 is not connected directly with the side bars 1 of frame A, but is movable between them and is directly connected with the adjacent end bar 3 by means of screw-bolts 7, having nuts applied to their outer ends, which project from the required.

it is composed, primarily, of side bars 8, having cross-bars 9 and end bars 10. bars. 9 are preferablyconstructed of iron, be-

The crossing thus narrower and thinner than the bars l 20f frame A. Their ends are laid into mortises or gains in theside bars 8, and they are secured by means of staples driven over their ends. As indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, thelower edges of the cross-bars 9 projects. short distance below the sidebars 8, and it will be further noted that they are so arranged as to be directly opposite the spaces which intervene the cross-bars 2 of the lower frame. .A sheet of woven wire 10and a sheet of fabric 11 are" applied in the same manner as tothe frame A, and the same means are provided forstretching them.

was not provided with a woven-wire covering,

. as in the present case, but consisted of a solid plate provided with a covering of any suitable fabric. 7

In operation the trousers to be pressed and creased are first dampened and then straightened out onthe lower frame, or ratherupon the cloth covering 6 thereof, as indicated by dotted lines, Figs. 3 and 4. The thin mate: rial covering the woven wire permits the moisture to evaporate very rapidly, or,in other words, permits a quite free circulation of air, so that when the trousers have remained a short time in the apparatus they will become pressed and creased in the desired manner. This operation is effected much more quickly than in the case of my previous invention, for which I have obtained patent as aforesaid, since evaporation is permitted from the lower side as well as the upper one. Further, by

In my former invention l the lower frame the arrangement of the slats or cross-bars of the upper frame B relative to those of the lower one A each cross-bar presses at apoint where the opposite surface is elastic and free. In other words, by so arranging the cross-bars of the respective frames A and B that they are not directly opposite each other evaporation of moisture is more rapid and uniform than would otherwise be the case.

The means for hinging and fastening the two frames A and B together and providing for adjustment of one relative to the other and for elastic pressure of one upon the other are as follows: As indicated best in Fig. 4, an elastic rod or stout wire 0 is arranged transversely of the lower frame B and its ends turned upward. It is held centrally by means of eyebolts 12, inserted in a cross bar 2. There are preferably five of these devices, as indicated in Figs. 1 to 3. The left-hand end 13, which is upturned, passes through a guide 14, forming a fixed attachment of the adjacent side bar 1, and its upper end has ahinge connection at with a side bar 8 of the upper frame B. It will be seen that the frame B is adapted to swing on the five hinges thus provided. The right-hand end 13 of the device C has a double bend at 13", as shown in Fig. 5, and is adapted to engage a catch 16, forming a rigid attachment of the adjacent side bar 8 of frame B. As illustrated by dottedlines, Fig. 4, the part 13 may be pulled laterally off from the catch 16 when it is required to open or raise the frame B. The point of engagement of the catch 16 with the handle 13 is indicated at 17 in Fig. 5. Zontal bend of the part 13 serves as a handgrip or handle for use in manipulating the device. The lower edges of the side bars 1 of the frame A are provided with transverse slots or notches 18 to receive the spring-fats tening and hinge G. Elongated screw-bols- 19 pass vertically through the side bars 1, and their lower ends bear upon the portions of the spring C which are directly below them. Thus by adjusting the screws 19 greater or less pressure may be applied to the spring C. This means not only provides for adjusting the pressure upon the trousers as desired, but also adapts the apparatus for pressing two or more pairs of trousers simultaneously. In

other words, if it be desired to press two'pairs simultaneously the screws 19 are so adjusted as to allow the springs Cto rise higher in the slots 18 than for pressing a single pair. In

brief, the screws 19 provide for two functions or adjustments, one for varying the pressure The upper horiupon the trousers and the other for accommodating trousers of different thicknesses or two or more pairs thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

l. The combination, with frames between which the goods are to be pressed, of a device which connects them, and screws arranged in one of said frames and bearing upon the said device in the manner shown and described.

2. The combination, with frames between which the goods are to be pressed, of combined hinges and fastenings consisting of metal springs which are secured at their middle to the lower frame and extend laterally and then upward alongside the frames, one end thereof being hinged to the upper frame and the other adapted for detachable engagement therewith, and screws arranged in the side portions of the lower frame and bearing upon the springs at points adjacent to their angles, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with upper and lower frames, of the combined hinges and fastenings consisting of wire springs which are secured to the cross-bars of the lower frame and are bent upward alongside the frame, one end thereof being hinged to the upper frame and the other constructed with a bend which ongages a catch of the upper frame, the side bars of the lower frame being slotted to receive the said springs, and screws arranged in the said bars and projecting down into the slots thereof so that they bear upon the adjacent portions of the springs in the manner described.

4. The combination, with two frames having their adjacent surfaces covered with woven wire, of spring connections consisting of spring-wires attached to the lower frame which is provided with slots in its side portions, the end portions of the wires extending through said slots and extending up alongside the frames, one end being hinged to the upper frame and the other constructed with a shoulder adapted to engage a projection on the other side of said frame, whereby the upper frame is held upon thelower with an elastic pressure, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDINBURGH GRAHAM.

Witnesses:

JOHN LAND, F. M. PERCIVAL. 

